Local election in Slough
2002 Slough Borough Council election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png)
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14 seats of 41 on council 21 seats needed for a majority |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Labour | Britwellian | Conservative | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | | | | Party | Liberal | Independent | |
The 2002 Slough Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2002, at the same time as other local elections across England. Fourteen of the 41 seats on Slough Borough Council were up for election, being the usual third of the council (13 seats) plus a by-election in Stoke ward, following the death of Liberal councillor James Moore.
Results
The results were:[1][2][3]
Baylis ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Gurmej Singh Sandhu (Baggi Sandhu) | 950 | 76% | |
| Conservative | Mohammed Jamil | 301 | 24% | |
Turnout | 1251 | 21.96% | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Baggi Sandhu had formerly served as a councillor 1996–1997.
Britwell ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Britwellian | Sean Patrick Wright | 1,318 | 68% | |
| Labour | John Dawson | 505 | 26% | |
| Conservative | John Schofield | 104 | 5% | |
Turnout | 1927 | 30.15% | |
| Britwellian gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Sean Wright was a member of the Britwellian, Independent, Liberal and Liberal Democrat Group (BILLD). When the Britwellian party split later in 2002, Sean Wright joined the Independent Britwellian Residents party.
Central ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Lydia Emelda Simmons | 1,459 | 66% | |
| Conservative | Eshaq Khan | 756 | 34% | |
Turnout | 2215 | 33.88% | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Lydia Simmons had formerly served as a councillor 1979–1994.
Chalvey ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Pervez Choudhry | 922 | 53% | |
| Conservative | Shahib Khan | 583 | 34% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jagdeesh Singh | 232 | 13% | |
Turnout | 1737 | 20.62% | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Cippenham ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | James Charles Robert Swindlehurst | 1,223 | 49% | |
| Conservative | Peter Dale-Gough | 1032 | 41% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Helen Edwards | 255 | 10% | |
Turnout | 2510 | 26.86% | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Farnham ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | David Edward Mansell (Dave Mansell) | 874 | 70% | |
| Conservative | Paul Sutton | 252 | 20% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sarwan Singh Jhattu | 126 | 10% | |
Turnout | 1252 | 23.11% | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Dave Mansell had formerly served as a councillor 1983–1990.
Foxborough ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Jagjit Singh Grewal | 679 | 41% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Duncan Buchanan | 599 | 36% | |
| Conservative | Balwinder Singh Dhillon | 364 | 22% | |
Turnout | 1642 | 39.09% | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Haymill ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal | Jean Frances Stockton | 850 | 57% | |
| Labour | Earl Herbert | 372 | 25% | |
| Conservative | Harvey Coward | 267 | 18% | |
Turnout | 1489 | 22.76% | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Jean Stockton was a member of the Britwellian, Independent, Liberal and Liberal Democrat Group (BILLD) and had formerly served as a councillor 1992–1997.
Kedermister ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Christine Rita Small | 737 | 60% | |
| Conservative | Glen Horn | 377 | 31% | |
| Independent | Paul Whitmore | 105 | 9% | |
Turnout | 1219 | 25.23% | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Langley St Mary's ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Terence W. Brennan (Terry Brennan) | 868 | 52% | |
| Labour | Ruth Barber | 810 | 48% | |
Turnout | 1678 | 29.68% | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Stoke ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Simon Ashley George | 977 | 60% | |
| Labour | Egbert Christian Thomas | 892 | 55% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Wisdom Da Costa | 452 | 28% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sonja Jenkins | 439 | 27% | |
| Conservative | Evelyn Jenkins | 204 | 12% | |
| Conservative | Ian Jenkins | 159 | 10% | |
Turnout | 1633 | 29.4% | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | | |
Egbert Thomas was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Liberal councillor James Moore, and so was only elected to serve until James Moore's term of office would have otherwise expired in 2003.
Upton ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Sukhjit Kaur Dhaliwal | 744 | 44% | |
| Conservative | Albert Gregory | 715 | 42% | |
| Independent | Thomas King | 239 | 14% | |
Turnout | 1698 | 31.54% | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Wexham Lea ward Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | David Ian MacIsaac | 918 | 47% | |
| Labour | Joan Jones | 895 | 46% | |
| Conservative | Simon Moppett | 131 | 7% | |
Turnout | 1944 | 32.66% | |
| Independent gain from Labour | Swing | | |
David MacIsaac was a member of the Britwellian, Independent, Liberal and Liberal Democrat Group (BILLD).
By-election results 2002-2003
Britwell By-Election 18 October 2002 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Britwellian | Patrick Shine | 488 | 53.80 | N/A |
| Labour | May Dodds | 262 | 28.89 | N/A |
| Britwellian | O. Isemia | 157 | 24.92 | N/A |
Majority | 226 | 32.15 | N/A |
Turnout | 6,376 | 14.26 | N/A |
| Britwellian gain from Britwellian | Swing | N/A | |
By-election caused by death of Mavis L. Gallick (Britwellian).
Britwell By-Election 13 February 2003 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Britwellian | Paul Janik | 539 | 63.49 | +9.69 |
| Labour | Ms J.R. Rock | 310 | 36.51 | +7.62 |
Majority | 229 | 26.97 | −5.18 |
Turnout | 6,319 | 13.50 | −0.76 |
| Britwellian gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |
By-election caused by death of Dennis McCarthy (Labour).
References
- ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Slough Borough Council Election Results 1997-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ "Slough Borough Council elections - Thursday 2nd May 2002". Slough Borough Council. Archived from the original on 19 June 2002. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ Local newspapers (1863-date) and Slough Borough Council documents at the Slough Central Library